If both River and Boca advance, which looks like all but assured at this point, the first leg of the semifinal will fall during a FIFA Date and both clubs will be greatly effected.
River will lose Teo and Balanta to Colombia, Sanchez to Uruguay, and most likely Vangioni to Argentina while Boca will lose Fuenzalida to Chile and most likely gago to argentina (tata martino hasn't issued his list yet for domestic players). This is a complete outrage to see the best club rivalry in world football be robbed so that these national teams can play useless friendlies so the directors can make money
My hope is that A. Both clubs refuse to release their players or B. The two clubs will be able to reprogram the date so that both clubs can be at full strength.
Honestly, the incompetence of the CONMEBOL and FIFA reaches new levels each week... Why is a continental semifinal being played during a FIFA date? And more importantly, why do we have a fifa date in november after we already had them in october and september?